The Knights

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Carnegie Hall Presents

Thursday, April 9, 2026 7:30 PM Zankel Hall

The Knights by Shervin Lainez, Anthony McGill by Martin Romero

Driven by a “passion for musical discovery” and an “open-hearted spirit of camaraderie,” The Knights bring fresh excitement and insight to every performance. Tonight, conducted by Eric Jacobsen, they traverse a vast soundscape of American music as part of Carnegie Hall’s United in Sound: America at 250 festival. The program features Copland’s Pulitzer Prize–winning, folk-infused masterpiece: the Appalachian Spring Suite, plus the New York premiere of a concerto written by Gabriel Kahane for clarinetist extraordinaire Anthony McGill, part of the ensemble’s multi-year Rhapsody project. Cherished short works also undergo a “Knightsian” transformation, including Ellington’s ballad “Sophisticated Lady”; Bonds’s “Troubled Waters,” based on the spiritual “Wade in the Waters”; Brumley’s “I’ll Fly Away”; and Lev “Ljova” Zhurbin’s Garmoshka (“little accordion”).

Part of: The Knights and United in Sound: America at 250

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The Knights: Also performing May 15, October 23, and February 5, 2026.

Colin Jacobsen: Also performing May 15, October 23, and February 5, 2026.

Eric Jacobsen: Also performing May 15, October 23, and February 5, 2026.

Anthony McGill: Also performing December 16.

Christina Courtin: Also performing May 15.

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Colin Jacobsen, Artistic Director and Violin
Eric Jacobsen, Artistic Director and Conductor
Anthony McGill, Clarinet
Christina Courtin, Vocals

Program

LJOVA Garmoshka

ELLINGTON "Sophisticated Lady" (arr. M. Gould)

BONDS "Troubled Waters"

GABRIEL KAHANE If love will not swing wide the gates for Clarinet and Orchestra (NY Premiere, co-commissioned by Carnegie Hall)

COPLAND Appalachian Spring Suite

BRUMLEY "I'll Fly Away" (arr. Christina Courtin)

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